Ahmad Toukan[a] (Arabic: أحمد طوقان, romanized: Aḥmad Ṭūqān; 15 August 1903 – 5 January 1981[1]) was a Jordanian political leader of Palestinian descent. He was briefly the 20th Prime Minister of Jordan from 26 September 1970 to 28 October 1970, during a crackdown that drove the PLO guerillas out of Jordan.[2]
Life
Tuqan was born in Nablus, then part of the Ottoman Empire.[3] He was the eldest brother of Ibrahim Touqan and Fadwa Touqan, both of whom were poets.[citation needed]
He was on the staff of the Arab College in Palestine during the British Mandatory period.[3]
He died in Jordan on 5 January 1981, aged 77, after a prolonged illness.[1] The Ahmad Toukan School in Amman is named in his honor.
Education and career
- BSc Engineering Sciences, American University of Beirut, 1925.
- MSc Physics, University of Oxford, 1929.[citation needed]
Toukan occupied the following high-ranking positions:
- UNESCO Expert and UNRWA Deputy Head of Education (1954–1961)
- Education Expert at the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (1962–1966)
- Minister (including Foreign Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister during the years 1950–1970)
- Prime Minister in 1970
- Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan in 1972
- Chairman of University of Jordan's Board of Trustees in 1972.[citation needed]
See also
Notes
- ^ Also romanized as Ahmad Tuqan.
References
- ^ a b "Ahmed Toukan, 78, Ex-Premier; Led Jordan During '70 Crackdown". The New York Times. 5 January 1981.
- ^ Hess, John L. (27 September 1970). "Hussein Forms a New Regime But Is Assailed by Commandos". The New York Times..
- ^ a b Khalidi, Walid. Before Their Diaspora : A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991, 172.
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